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"Bereaved But Still Me" is a podcast for the bereaved community that was formerly known as "Heart to Heart with Michael." As we entered Season 5, we decided to rebrand our podcast to make it easier for the bereaved community to find us. We are happy to announce that "Heart to Heart with Michael," was nominated for a 2020 WEGO Health Award. "Heart to Heart with Michael" was a finalist in the Health Podcast category. This was a great honor for our podcast."Bereaved But Still Me" is a product of the Hearts Unite the Globe Network of Podcasts. Our Host is Michael Liben, our Producer is Nancy Taylor Jensen, and our Executive Producer is Anna Jaworski. Our monthly program has been designed to empower, educate, and support the bereaved community. New episodes are broadcast every 1st Thursday of the month.

Recent Episodes

Internal Family Systems Tools For Grief Healing

Send us Fan Mail Grief can make you feel foggy, raw, and strangely split between “I know this is real” and “this cannot be real.” We sit down with Dr Audrey Davidheiser, a licensed psychologist whose work took on new meaning after the sudden, unexpected death of her father from a heart attack. She shares what those early weeks were like: the shock, the fear, the responsibility she felt as a firstborn, and the way grief can hijack attention, sleep, and memory. From there, we dig into Internal...

33 MIN

Survival, Silence, and the Strength We Inherit

Send us Fan Mail A single look from her grandmother could reorganize an entire room and, in many ways, an entire life. We’re joined by Khamphoy Sayavong, who grew up in a family led by extraordinarily strong women where survival, sacrifice, and silence were the default setting. Together, we talk about what “strength” can mean inside immigrant and collectivist families and how generational trauma often shows up not as one dramatic event, but as a lifelong pattern of minimizing emotion, avoidin...

36 MIN

Across the Road: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Staying Close

Send us Fan Mail A son who could make you laugh, a heart that worked harder than most, and a mother who still talks to him across the road. We’re joined by Connie Wilhoit, who shares the story of her son David, born with a complex congenital heart defect and raised through multiple surgeries, including the Fontan. Connie brings David to life in the small specifics: a jokester with a huge personality, a gamer who loved to holler across the house, and a legendary “trader” who always had a new d...

33 MIN

Kelly’s Wings: Love, Loss, and the Legacy That Lives On

Send us Fan Mail A child can change a room with a smile, and Kelly Corbly did that everywhere she went. She was five years old, curly-haired, dog-obsessed, and fearless about loving people others avoided. Then one night, what looked like a bad dream became a medical emergency, and her parents, David and Ann, found themselves racing toward a children’s hospital with no clear answers, making choices no parent is ever prepared to make. We walk through the reality of sudden pediatric brain injur...

33 MIN

A Vietnam Widow At 19 Finds A Way Forward

Send us Fan Mail A telegram at the door can split your life into “before” and “after.” Ellen M. Laura knows that moment intimately. At 19, she’s newly married, writing letters to her husband Brian in Vietnam, dreaming about California and a future that finally feels like it’s starting. Then Marine officers arrive with a priest, and she becomes a widow after only six weeks of marriage. The shock isn’t quiet or tidy, it’s rage, denial, numbness, and a body that can’t make sense of what’s happen...

30 MIN